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Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It's not easy being a teenager in love. The hormones are raging, the parents are parenting, and the pressure is on to figure out life after senior year. Judy Blume tackled this in her 1975 novel Forever. It's now been reminaged as a Netflix series centering on a pair of Black high schoolers from showrunner Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends). And it thoughtfully captures the pangs and joys of young romance in a modern context.

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It's hard being a teenager in love.

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The hormones are raging, the parents are parenting, and the pressure is on to figure out

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life after senior year.

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Judy Bloom tackled this in her 1975 novel

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Forever, and now it's been adapted and reconceived of a striking new Netflix series centering

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on a pair of black high schoolers. It's the latest from legendary showrunner Mara Brock Akeel,

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who's known for creating beloved shows like girlfriends and being Mary Jane,

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and it thoughtfully captures the pangs and joys of young romance in a modern context.

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